Mind Without Fear

For nine years, Rajat Gupta led McKinsey & Company the first foreign-born person to head the world s most influential management consultancy. He was also the driving force behind major initiatives such as the Indian School of Business and the Public Health Foundation of India. In 2011, Gupta was arrested and charged with insider trading. Throughout his trial and imprisonment, he has fought the charges and maintains his innocence to this day. In these pages, Gupta recalls his unlikely rise from orphan to immigrant to international icon as well as his dramatic fall from grace. And for the first time, he tells his side of the story in the scandal that destroyed his career and reputation. Candid, compelling, and poignant, Gupta s memoir is much more than a courtroom drama; it is an extraordinary tale of human resilience and personal growth.

Rajat Kumar Gupta was the leader of McKinsey & Company, Inc., from 1994 to 2003. He was also a board member of major corporations including Goldman Sachs, Procter & Gamble, and American Airlines, and advisor to the United Nations, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the World Economic Forum. He served as chairman of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation advisory board, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the International Chamber of Commerce, and was the founding chairman of the Indian School of Business, the American India Foundation, and the Public Health Foundation of India. Gupta lives in Connecticut with his wife, Anita, and is the proud father of four daughters and grandfather to four granddaughters.